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Mystery Writing

Crak, Bam, Dead

Food writer Kiki Coben didn’t set out to be a sleuth, but when a woman vanishes just before Kiki subs in for a Mah Jong game, her instincts kick in.

From sleepy Sherwood to a cruise ship at sea, Kiki and her Tuesday Mah Jong group have a habit of being in the wrong place at the right time, as Kiki follows the trail from a “Black Widow” murder at sea to a suspicious death at a senior home charity event.

Armed with a curious mind and her formidable group of friends, Kiki is ready to prove that the only thing you need to catch a killer is persistence – and maybe just a little bit of luck.

If you’d like an autographed copy of Crak, Bam, Dead, just click below! 

As a special gift to you, orders from my website will come with a free recipe booklet with all the dishes mentioned in Crak, Bam, Dead. (Remember, I write about food and its history for the media, so I have lots of good recipes!)
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The First Murder

When Mary Jane Bennett is found dead in her bed — alone, strangled by her own scarf, and with every door in the house locked — the medical examiner rules her death accidental, the result of a sex game gone horribly awry. State police decline to investigate further, but Queensbridge Police Chief Caleb Crane doesn’t buy for a minute that his good friend died this way, so he undertakes his own investigation. Facing town councilors afraid of bad publicity, an angry medical examiner, and his own personal demons, he labors to solve what he believes is the first-ever murder in his pastoral Berkshire Hills village. Complicating things: the list of suspects includes some of the people to whom he is closest — including his own wife.

If you’d like an autographed copy of The First Murder, just click below! 

As a special gift to you, orders from my website will come with a free recipe booklet with all the dishes mentioned in The First Murder. (Remember, I write about food and its history for the media, so I have lots of good recipes!)
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